Key Ideas

Who was Joan of Arc?

How did she change the course of the war?

-Nickname: Maid of Orleans

-Authorized by Charles VII to lead an army against the English.

-Lead the French to many victories.

-On May 23, 1430, she was captured at Compiègne by the Burgundian faction. After Cauchon declared her guilty of witchcraft she was burned at the stake on May 30, 1431. Dying at 19 years old.